BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on a wildfire in Southern California (all times local):
6 p.m.
Evacuation orders for homes in the path of a Southern California wildfire have been lifted but the blaze remains out of control.
The mandatory evacuations were called Tuesday afternoon for three streets near Baldwin Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. They were lifted several hours later but fire crews were still busy trying to surround a nearly 1,000-acre blaze.
Two firefighters were treated for heat-related injuries after the blaze erupted Monday. It’s only 10 percent contained as of Tuesday afternoon and some 500 firefighters are on the line, aided by a fleet of water- and fire retardant-dropping aircraft.
The fire is burning in tinder-dry brush and it gained strength as temperatures soared to near 90.
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5 p.m.
Mandatory evacuations have been called for homes as a wildfire burns in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles.
The blaze that began Monday has charred nearly 1,000 acres of brush and timber and is just 10 percent contained.
The U.S. Forest Service says the fire picked up speed Tuesday afternoon as the heat rose. The fire has been pushing northeast from the Big Bear Lake area.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says deputies have gone door to door warning people to get out of homes on three streets in rural Baldwin Lake.
About 500 firefighters and more than two dozen aircraft - including a massive DC-10 - are battling the flames.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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12:45 p.m.
A wildfire in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles is 10 percent contained but authorities say it could grow.
The fire has burned its way through nearly 1,000 acres of grass and bush as of Tuesday afternoon.
Lee Beyer of the U.S. Forest Service says rising temperatures could speed its progress. He says the fire is starting to burn more quickly through vegetation that’s drying out in the current heat wave.
No homes are threatened and the mountain resort of Big Bear Lake remains open but two campgrounds and a section of the Pacific Crest Trail are shut down.
About 500 firefighters and more than two dozen aircraft - including a massive DC-10 - are battling the flames.
Two firefighters suffered heat-related injuries after the blaze erupted Monday.
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7:45 a.m.
Crews using water-dropping aircraft have slowed the spread of a wildfire along the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California that prompted closures and calls for optional evacuations.
The U.S. Forest Service says the 950-acre fire in the San Bernardino Mountains northeast of Big Bear Lake is 10 percent contained Tuesday.
It’s burning away from homes, but sections of the Pacific Crest Trail and State Route 18 are closed.
The fire broke out during blazing heat on Monday. People in the tiny communities of Holcomb and Baldwin Lake were initially told they may want to evacuate, but no orders were issued.
The cause is under investigation.
The burn area, dotted with mines from the gold rush, is about 200 miles (322 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
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5:30 a.m.
A wildfire along the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California surged to 850 acres and prompted closures and calls for optional evacuations.
The U.S. Forest Service says the fire broke out amid blazing heat Monday in the San Bernardino Mountains northeast of Big Bear Lake.
It’s not an immediate threat to any structures, but sections of the Pacific Crest Trail and State Route 18 are shut down.
People in the tiny communities of Holcomb and Baldwin Lake have been told they may want to evacuate, but no orders were issued.
There is no containment early Tuesday. Aircraft are making water-dropping runs over the flames.
The burn area, dotted with mines from the gold rush, is about 200 miles (322 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
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